Thu, Dec 05, 2013
Falcon 9 Rocket Meets 100 Percent Of Mission Objectives
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) successfully completed its first geostationary transfer mission, delivering the SES-8 satellite to its targeted 295 x 80,000 km orbit. Falcon 9 executed a picture-perfect flight, meeting 100% of mission objectives.
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Thu, Dec 05, 2013
First Performance In El Centro, CA In March
The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, will return to its full schedule for the 2014 air show season.
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Thu, Dec 05, 2013
Airplane Was Registered In Mexico, Had Completed A Medical Transport Flight
The NTSB has released a preliminary report stemming from an accident which fatally injured four people, who of whom have never been located. The plane went down in the Atlantic Ocean following takeoff November 19 from Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport (KFLL), Fort Lauderdale, FL. The commercial pilot and a physician on board were lost and presumed fatally injured. The copilot and a flight nurse were fatally injured.
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Thu, Dec 05, 2013
Carrier Will Acquire Five CS300 Airplanes With Options For 11 More
Iraqi Airways, the national carrier of Iraq, has signed a firm purchase agreement with Bombardier to acquire five CS300 mainline jetliners. The agreement, which also includes options on 11 CS300 aircraft, follows a letter of intent (LOI) to purchase the aircraft that was announced by Bombardier on November 19 during the Dubai Airshow.
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Thu, Dec 05, 2013
Virginia FACT Funds To Be Disbursed Over The Next Three Years
The Commonwealth of Virginia announced it will award more than $2.6 million over three years in Federal Action Contingency Trust (FACT) funds to Virginia Tech to operate an unmanned aircraft systems test site in the state, officials from the governor’s office said Monday. The grants will provide Virginia Tech with $1 million in fiscal year 2014, an additional $1.2 million in fiscal 2015, and $437,000 in fiscal 2016.
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Thu, Dec 05, 2013
BE-3 Engine Designed To Boost Manned Missions Into Low Earth Orbit
NASA commercial crew partner Blue Origin of Kent, WA, announced it has tested a new, hydrogen- and oxygen-fueled engine designed to lift the company's crewed Space Vehicle on future missions out of Earth's atmosphere. Blue Origin is one of the American companies developing next generation rockets and spacecraft capable of carrying humans to low-Earth orbit.
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Thu, Dec 05, 2013
Jetairfly Becomes First Airline In Benelux To Operate Dreamliner
Jetairfly, a part of the TUI Travel PLC, has taken delivery of its first Dreamliner. The airplane departed Paine Field in Everett on Tuesday on its delivery flight to Brussels.
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Thu, Dec 05, 2013
It's Not Enough To Simply Get More Power... You Have To Do It Right
ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell meets with Jim Shafer of Power Flow Exhaust Systems at EAA AirVenture 2013. Power Flow Systems specializes in producing tuned exhaust system for a variety of engine and airplane installation combinations. Shafer points out that most exhaust systems are designed to get rid of the exhaust gas, and that’s about all they do. Power Flow changes that by tuning the exhaust system which increases efficiency and horsepower.
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Thu, Dec 05, 2013
Witnesses Observed The Plane In A Bank Estimated At 60 To 80 Degrees
The NTSB has issued a probable cause report from an accident which fatally injured the pilot of an amateur-built Sater Coot A-Amphib on November 23 last year.
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Thu, Dec 05, 2013
Global Series To Bring High-Flying Action To Dallas/Fort Worth And Las Vegas
Tickets for the Red Bull Air Race World Championship season are now on sale, as the world's fastest motorsport series returns to the skies at exciting new locations around the world after a three-year break.
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